Samsung Galaxy S3 to be available a day early in the UK

Samsung Mobile UK has announced that its new flagship mobile phone – the Galaxy S3 – will be available to consumers in this country a day early at the end of this month.

Those customers that pre-order one of the smartphones from the Samsung Brand Store at Westfield Stratford City will be able to collect their new device the night before the 30th May launch.

To great fanfare, the latest phone in the Galaxy series was unveiled in London earlier this month and it is expected to be as successful as its predecessor, which sold over 20 million handsets worldwide.

Vice president of Telecommunications and Networks at Samsung UK and Ireland Simon Stanford said there has been an overwhelming response to the new device from retail partners and customers alike.

"So we wanted to delight our customers and reward them for pre-ordering by letting them get their hands on the device a day before anyone else," he continued.